'Shadow' & Liverpool Caribbean Carnival Research Project
Capturing stories from people in the community about 'Shadow' and Liverpool Caribbean Carnival. I'll be capturing and compiling memories (audio and/or video) to help create a documentary on Shadow. Recording will form part of the R & D for a larger project. I'll be running a series of video workshops with local people, encouraging them to capture stories of their families. Content can be added to Liverpool Black Archive Hub and Liverpool Black Cultural Archives in general. I'm leading the push for Black Artists in Liverpool to be the 'Custodians of Our Own Culture' ...................................................
Liverpool Black Archive Hub (LBAH)
LBAH is new online archive of film and photographs celebrating Liverpool's Black Experience. LBAH catalogues a wealth of stories with a focus on the creativity of Liverpool's Black community, in a searchable resource perfect for researchers, filmmakers and anyone interested in social history and Liverpool's Black experience both historically and now.
I am currently seeking partners and collaborators on the Liverpool Black Archive Hub project, to develop the Liverpool's Black Archives in general.
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SCREENING AT METAL LIVERPOOL - 2024 Date tbc
Meet me at the Spring (MMATS)
An observational documentary style film about the conversations that happen as people collect water and visit the natural spring at St James Gardens in Liverpool to highlight the characters and exchange of ideas, histories, experiences and positive energy within this vital community space and the ways Liverpool communities have been able to remain connected and resilient in the face of Covid 19.
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Akoma Arts Workshops - AI Art workshops
I've been running Digital Art sessions using Artificial Intelligence software and bringing creative skills to a wide range of people who do not possess art skills. The design software provides the tools for participants to create a myriad of images that can be printed and displayed. AI Art encourages groups to create Art without possessing technical drawing skills. They just have to use imagination, type words and AI software creates the image.
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LADFN - Liverpool Afrikan Diasporic Filmmakers Network is in its second year.
A continued Partnership with Metal Liverpool. We've hold monthly gathering and share a monthly newsletter.
The Liverpool African Diasporic Filmmakers Network is a collective of filmmakers, Creatives, Practitioners, Entreprenuers from the African Diaspora, that centre black identity in their work. Liverpool with a history of diversity, protest, slavery and incredible cultural production acts as a point of departure to engage the many facets of our identities. With the aid of Metal Culture we offer educational support to Black Liverpool filmmakers through workshops, discussions, hands on filmmaking experience, opportunities to show work throughout the city and nationally, feedback on work and collectivity that provides foundational support to cultivate ideas and imaginings.
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Yore Lens on L8 (YLOL8)
Yore Lens on L8’ is a video film screening project, sharing a series of short documentary films that celebrate decades of creativity in L8 – Arts, Community and History. Films include A Time for Healing, SLAF 1998 (South Liverpool Arts Festival), and Dr. Geri Augusto’s residency 2018 and TRACE – Travellers to the Pool 1999 and Maxine Brown 40 yrs of Dance.
The films are a retrospective reinterpretation of archive footage, reconnecting past and present, exploring Black Life in L8 through the film. They show the hub of grassroots creativity that exists in L8, bringing visibility and a voice to a marginalised community.
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Tune in to the podcasts:
'The Everyday Podcast - Episode 4' Akoma Arts representing...http://bit.ly/ECPodcastEp4MichellePeterkinWalker
http://www.metalculture.com/event/liverpool-black-culture-archive-yore-lens-on-l8-michelle-peterkin-walker
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AFRIKAN VILLAGE MARKET - PAST EVENTS
AVM aims to unite, educate and promote Afrikan Fashion, Culture, Business and Arts in the North West. Its a unique platform which showcases Afrika's/Diaspora's valuable, unique and distinctive heritage, whilst instilling a sense of Afrikan pride.
AVM is a Cultural market which features vendor stalls, networking, raffles, 'children's art corner', performances, film screenings and music. It's a fantastic sales and marketing opportunity for your products, generating direct and/or future sales and promotions.
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